HILLSVILLE — Alcohol played a part in a wreck and injury involving a moped on East Grayson Street on Nov. 29 at about 4 p.m., according to a police report.
Hillsville Police Department Officer Billy Anauo responded to a report of a single-vehicle crash and found Timothy Glenn Freeman, 47, injured at the scene.
Freeman told the officer that he applied his brakes and started skidding. Freeman lost control and flipped the moped onto its side.

HILLSVILLE — Police have charged a driver who crashed at the 22 mile marker on Interstate 77 at approximately 3 p.m. Monday after a chase, according to law enforcement officials at the scene.
The green Hyundai Tiburon with North Carolina plates was traveling at a high rate of speed when picked up on radar by Carroll Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Bobby Lyons.

HILLSVILLE — An apparently intoxicated customer drew the attention of workers at McDonald’s first and then police, which lead to several felony charges last Thursday against a 31-year-old Sparta, N.C., man.
Workers at the Interstate 77 Exit 14 area fast food restaurant notified the Hillsville Police Department of a man and a woman who appeared to be intoxicated, according to a news release.

Effective Nov. 15, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) made three synthetic phenethylamines illegal drugs under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) for the next two years.
“These drugs are marketed online and through illicit channels as illicit hallucinogens such as LSD,” said a news release from the DEA, shared by Grayson County Sheriff Richard Vaughan. “They have been encountered as powders, liquid solutions, soaked onto blotter paper and laced on edible items.”

The Better Business Bureau is warning businesses and consumers of a new computer threat that steals information, encrypts the data, and then charges $300 in ransom for recovery of the files.
The ransomware is called CryptoLocker, and is the latest attempt by scammers to hold consumer’s and businesses’ computer information hostage in order to make a quick buck.

The Galax Police Department has issued a safety advisory after hearing multiple reports of bear sightings in the city during the fall season.
Police received another report the afternoon of Oct. 25, after a citizen spotted a black bear prowling around First Citizens Bank on Cranberry Road in Galax. Further sightings pinpointed the animal heading in the direction of Walmart minutes later.